Trophic Ecology
- Resource use and diet compositions of generalist
predators—developmental stage, prey preference, foraging mode, prey
availability, inter- and intra-specific competition, environmental
conditions, etc.
- Patterns and impacts of trophic omnivory, intraguild predation, and
cannibalism in global ecosystems
- Relative strengths of top-down vs. bottom-up forces in governing
food web dynamics
- Trophic downgrading and upgrading: food web manipulations (e.g.,
resource subsidies and shunts, predator removal or addition)